OOB or NO CALL?

[rainmaker]

Originally posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.
Unauthorized reason deals with situations where players are trying to gain an advantage by deceit. Such as, stepping off the court in attempt to mislead his/her opponent into thinking that he/she is not in the game and then coming back onto the court at such a time as to gain an advantage over his/her opponent.

Mark -- I've avoided discussing things with you, but this one is too egregious to pass up. There's nothing in the case book at all about deceit being the crucial defining point in "unauthorized reasons to leave the court." In fact, two out of three case book situations involve situations similar to the one described above where a player steps out of bounds deliberately to evade a rule. It's not sneaky or underhanded, it's just illegal. I could imagine a ref thinking that the situation described above fits better into 9-3 than 10-3-3, but this sitch certainly IS within the scope of 10-3-3. In fact, it's the very play 10-3-3 was written for.